Type-writing machine.



PATENTED D50. 31, 1901-. H. BRIGGS. TYPE WRITING MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED DEG. 4,1900.

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No. 875,239. PATBNTED DEG'. 31, 1907.

H. A. BRIGGS. I TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 4,1900. I

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INVENTOR PATENTED DEG. 31, 1907.

H. A. BRIGGS. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

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TYPEWRIITJNG MACHINE. \APPLIOA'1ION FILED DEOA, 1900,

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ATTORNEYS No. 875,239.- PATENTED. DEC. 31, 19 07. H. A. BRIGGS.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED nno.4.19oo.

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N01 875,239. PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. H. A. BRIGGS.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 4. 1900.

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INVENTOR WHNESSE i ZM%/Lw WWW I 1 Y MATTORNEYS PATEN-TED DEC. 31, 1907.

H. A. BRIGGS. I TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

AI PLIOATION FILED DEC. 4, 19 00.

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ATTOR N EYS HERBERT A. parses, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Dec. 31, 1907,.

Application filed December 4, 1900. Serial'Na 38,606.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT A. BRIGGS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State ofNew York, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Writing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specificationl The principal objects of my invention are to simplify themovement of the operating parts of the machine; to reduce the maximum movement of the parts in returning them to position for the beginning of a new line; to provide means by which such movement may be effected and controlled without,

requiring the lifting of either hand from the key board; to keep the paper as directly in front of the operator as possible at all times; to permit the observation of the work as it is written and to provide asimple case shift which shall operate effectively in conjunction with the features above mentioned.

To these ends the invention consists sub.- stantially in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts and details herein shown and described and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a typewriting machine embodying my inven tion; Fig. 2 isa side elevation; Fig. 3 is a centralvertical transverse 'section; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 44& (Fig.

3); Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section through the platen and paper carriage,- Fig.

- 6 is a detail plan view partly in sectionshow ing the universal frame; Fig. 7 is a vertical section on the line 7-7- (Fig. 5); Fig. 8 is a detail showing the base plate and tabulating' keys in elevation; Fig. 9 is a. detail showing a frontelevation of the escapement device;

Fig. 10 is a rear elevation of :the'type carriage Fig. 11 is a skeleton elevation showing the tabulating and releasing mechanism; Fig. 12 is a detail view on the line 1212 (Fig. 3) showing the ratchet and pawl of the ribbon feed, and Fig. 13 is a horizontal section on the line 1313 (Fig. 8) showing the tabulating mechanism.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts in'all the The machine shown in the drawings and which I will describe as embodying my im provements in their preferred form comprises a base plate 1, at the back of which is carried a bracket 2, which supports a shell or casing 3. A coil spring 4 is arranged in the casing 3, one end of said' spring being secured to said casing and the opposite end to the rotatable shaft 5, journaled in the bracket 2. A wheel 6 is rigidly secured to the front end of the shaft 5. Extending across the front of the machine and supported by lugs at the sides of the base plate is the rod 7. A'rpd 8 (which, .for purposes to be presently described, is a rock shaft) also extends across the machine near the back and is journaled. in standards 9+9, which rise from the base plate and support the platen 10 and paper carriage, as will be more fully described hereafter.

The rods 7- and 8 serve as guides or tracks. for the type carriage 11, which is provided with lugs, in which are mounted wheels 12, which run on the guide-rods 7 and 8. These I wheels are arranged to engage with both the upper and under surfaces of the rods, so that While the carriage is rigidly supported it may be moved freely fromside to side of the machine. The platen 10 is mounted to slide freely on the shaft 13 (preferably square in section) "which is carried by" the standards 9,-9, suitable anti-friction devices to be hereafter described being provided to recured, and. is connected to the right hand .end of the type carriage. A- similar tapeis connected to the link 15 at the opposite end of the' aper carriage and encircling the other half ,0 the wheel 6 is connected thereto and to the type carriage at the left side. LOther means for positively connecting the t e and paper carriage, such as double rack an gear, may of course be employed'if desiredi 1 .and to the shaft 5, tends to rotate the wheel 6 in the direction shown'byxthe arrow in Fig.

5, and, owing to the connections between the duce the friction between the rod and the half encircles the wheel 6, 'to which it is se The coil spring 4, 'securedtd the casing 3 i wheel and the paper carriage and between the wheel and the t e carriage, the rotation of'the wheel 6 will simultaneously carry the paper carriage to the left (Fig.5) and the type carriage to the right. This action of the spring i is however'controlled by an escapement device, which regulates the move ment of a pinion 18 mounted on the type carriage and engaging the stationary rack 19; 'The pinion-18 is secured to a racthet 20 and both are carried at the inner end of the bell-' crank lever 21, which is pivotally secured to the plate. 22 upon which the type bars and connection are mounted and which forms part ofthe type carriage. The pawls 23 and 24, which control the movement of the escapement, are carried byan arm-25 secured to the rock shaft 26, so that when the rock shaft is actuated the pawls will be vibrated 20 across the face of the ratchet 20 and will perruit the ratchet 20 to rotate the distance of one -tooth each time the rock shaft is actuated; The rock shaft 26 is journaled= in downwardly projecting lugs- 27 on each sideof the type carriage. r

- Secured to the rock shaft 26 is the universal frame 28, which carries at its front end the space bar29 and is also provided with a series of cross bars 30 so arranged that each bar 'will lie'immediately below one-row of the ke rods 31, whichare sup orted in a suitab e frame 32, carried by t e type carriage 1:1. The keys 33 are secured to the upper ends of the key rods and coil springs 34 are .-rod bearings in the frame 32. Stop pins 35,

1 carried by the key-rods, engage w1th the under surface of t e key-rod bearings and limit the .u ward movement-of the key-rods. Upon the epression of any one of the keys 33, the lower end of the corresponding keyrod will engage with oneof the cross bars 30 and depress the frame28, rockin the shaft 26 and swinging the pivoted paw 24 out'of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet 20, which however willtbe held from rotation b the fixed pawl 23. The pivoted pawl 24 wi l under the action of'a spring (not shown) be thrown into theposition shown in Fig. 9 and upon the release of the key the frame 28 will be drawn n by the spring 36- and the rock shaft move to carry the pawlsback, the

pivoted awl on the return movement en? gaging with the tooth of=the ratchet next to that in engagement-with the fixed awl, and as 'soonas the 'fixed pawl is carrieback far enough to release the ratchet it will, under the action of the coil spring 4, be rotated the distance of one tooth, carrying the pivoted pawl into engagement with the arm 25, whichwill arrest the movement of the ratchet -wheeland 'relock the inion 18 with the rack 19. fThe releaseof the locking engagementbetween the type carriage (which carries the pinion 18) and the rack will permit the type interposed between the keys and the keycharacters.

carriage to be drawn, (by the rotation of wheel 6 under the action of coil sprin 4), to the right a distance equal to one half t e predetermined space between the centers of the letters, and the paper carriage an equal distance to the left. The same effect will be produced by depressingthe space bar 29. This simultaneous movement of the t e carriage and the paper carriage in opposite irections is thus effected each time a type key or the space bar is actuated.

The type levers 37, each of which carries at its forward end an upper case character 38 and a lower case character 39, are pivoted in blocks 40, which are mounted upon the ,0 plate -22 at the rear of the t e' carriage.

he inner end of each type lever 18 connected by a. link 41 with a crank 42, mounted on a rock shaft 43, one, end of which is 'ournaled in the plate 22 and the opposite end of which is journaled in the frame 32'. The forward 7 end of each rockshaft is'provided with a crank 44, formed with a slot 45, which engages with a pin 46, carried by each key-rod 31, so that when any key is depressed. its rock shaft will be rotated, drawing down the inner end of its type lever, carrying the ty e end upwards'into contact with the ink'ri bbon and making an impression on the paper in the machine. The parts are so arranged that when in the position shown in Fig. 3 the inner or lower case character will produce the impression when its key is operated. In order to produce an impression of the u per case 0 aracter the paper carriage is e evated a distance equal to that between the centers of the upper and lower case- This elevationof the paper carriage is produced by-depressing the 'caseshift key 47, which is carried by the lever 48 mounted on the shaft 26. Thelever 48 rests u onrod 49, which is carried by arms 50, pivoted at 51 to the standards 9, 9 atthe sides of the machine. The shaft 13, which 'supportsthe apercarriagefis 'fournaled in blocks 52, w ich slide vertically in ways formed in the standards 9, 9 and these bearing blocks'52 are connected by rods 53 with the inner ends of the arms 50 '(Fig. 7). By de ressing the case shift .key'47 the rod 49' will be carried down, lifting the inner ends of the arms 50 and elevating the papercarriage into position to receive upon the paper an impressio'nof any uf'pper case character that may be struck.- I esired the weight of thepaper carriage may-bedepended upon to ,caus'eit to return to its normal position when the key is released.

The paper carriage comprises the cylindrical platen 10 consisting of any suitable weight of the platen and other of the papler carriage are borne. As shown in Fig. t ese bearing devices are provided at each end of the platen, and each consists of four rollers 55, journaled in a frame 56 carried by the core 54, the four rollers at each end being arranged so that each one bears firmly against one side of the square shaft 13. The

frame 14 is secured to the ends of the platen.

This frame, as shown in Fig. 3, is beveled and serves as a support for the blocks 57 and 58, which are adjustably clamped to the frame 14 by set screws 59. S ring arms 60 and 61 are secured to the bloc s 57 and 58',-

64 rests upon the rod 65, which is supported 5 by arms 66'secured to the rock shaft 8. A lever 67 '(Fig. 2) is also securedto said shaft, and by the link 68 is connected with'the plate 69', which carries a pawl 70 which operates a ratchet 71 and a clutch disk 72. The ratchet and'cl'utch disk are connected .with

each other but are both. mounted loosely on.

the shaft 73. The clutch disk 72 engages with a disk 74, which forms the opposite member of the clutch and is connected to a thumb Wheel 75, which is splined to the shaft 73 and is'pressedinwardly by the spring '76- toQhold the two clutch members in contact. The clutch may consist of the friction disks shown 1n Flg. 5 or the opposing surfaces of the twomembers may be roughened or toothedas indicated in Fig. 1. A pinion 77 is fixed upon the shaft'73 and meshes with the gears 78 and 79 which are mounted upon shafts carried by the frame 80. Agear 81 is {mounted upon the same shaft as the ear; 78,

and a gear 82 on the same shaft'as 't e gear '79. "A pinion 83 is fixed upon the end of the shaft 13, and meshes with the gear 82'when the platen is in its normal or lower case posltion,"but when the platen .is raised toits ,upper case position the pinion 83 will be carried out of engagement with gear 82 and into engagement with gear 81.

position of the type carriage, depress the rod 65, draw forward the lever 67 and operate the ratchet wheel, the movement of which,

will be imparted by the clutch to the shaft 73, pinion 77 and to'all the pinions 7 8', 79, 81 and 82, and through either. pinion 81 or pinion 82,'with whichever the pinion 83 is in mesh, to the shaft 13 and the platen will be rotated. When it is desired to turn the position of the pawl 84.

Thus a downwardmovement of the paper feed key will, in any.

platen freely it is released from the control of the pawl and'ratc'het by simply pulling the thumb piece 75 against the spring 76, so as-to carry the clutch members out of engagement, when, by turning the thumb piece, the

platen will be rotated. A stop 84, is pivoted to the standard 9. Its lower end is provided with three notches which engage with a spring secured. to said standard. The stop 84 may thus be set in any one of three positions. -The upper end of the stop 84 lies in the. path of the pawl 140 carried by the plate 69 and will en age it at different points in its movement, epending upon the movement imparted to the platen at each operation of the paper feeding. mechanism, and-consequently the distance between the written lines may be regulated as desired.

The ink ribbon 85 is carried on the spools 86 and-87, upon which the ribbon is wound in opposite directions, and which are rotatably supported at the back of-t'he machine.

in this-manner. the- The ribbon passes from the upper 'spool.86

over the guide rollers, 88 and 89-(Fig. 1'),-

across 'the front 'of the platen and over the guide rollers 90 and'91 to the lower spool. I

The guide roller 90'also serves as atension roller, being mounted on an arm 92 the lower end of which is connected to the standard 9 by the spring 93, which thus keeps the ribbon taut.

The ribbon spools are loosely mounted on the shaft94 and between the.

spool 86 and the shaft 94'is'tlie sleeve 95, which rotates'with the'shaft but may be moved up and down thereon by means of the thumb piece or head 96. The lower end of the sleeve 95 is provided with a pin 97, -which,'when the sleeve 95 is in its lowermost position, engageswith a notch formed in the hub of'the spool 87, and when the sleeve is in its uppermost position with 'a'notch'. in-the hub of the spool 86-. Thus any rotary movement of the shaft 94. will be imparted to the sleeve 95 and to one or the other of the rib bofn spools, depending upon the positioncf the sleeve. The lower end of the shaft 94 is providedwith a disk 98, which, by the spring 99, is-held in frictional engagement with a corresponding, disk 100 on the shaft 101. On the'lower end of the shaft 101 is a worm wheel 102, which is driven by the worm 103 formed on an extension of the shaft 5. A

ratchet wheel 104 on the shaft 94 (Fig. 1.2) is engaged by apawl 105 secured'to the frame turn as the paper carriage is moved back 12o -of the machine so as to permit shaft 94 to from the end to the'beginningof a line, but

which will prevent it from turning as the car: riage feeds'step bystep during the printing of a line',the slippingof the friction disks 98 and 100 permitting-the shaft 101 to turn when the shaft 94 .is thus locked.

. In the operation of themac'hin'e when the Y ribbon hasbeen wound'from one'spool to the am enabled to dispense with the feeding of I and at the center or-printing point is sup-- arm 106, which normally hold it 'far enough to see the printing behind it, andthe arm is and supportingmechanism just described as other the thumb piece 9-6 is mbved to bring .s o'ol, the winding of the ribbon indifferent I irections on the .s ools causing its motion am enabled. to provide for the release of the escapement mechanism, the return "of the the. pin 97 into the notch on the hub of the empty spool.

wind as the latter is woundon the empty spool. When this s 001 is filled the connection between the s eeve 95 and the "then empty s ool is reestablished and the ribbon is wound in the opposite direction to that to be reversed alt ou h the s ools, themselves bothrevolve in t e same irection. I

the ribbon during the forward or feeding movement of the paper carriage, because as the type carriage ltself travels a newsurface is presented to each type although the ribbon is stationary, and themovement which is imparted to the ribbon on the return movement of the carriage may be very slight, although it willv be understood that the amount of such movement may be va ried as desired by chan 'ng the proportion of the gears which effect t eribbon feed.

' The ribbon passes 'in front of the platen,

ported by 'a'forked spring arm 106,. which is carried by the t e carriage. The ribbon is embraced-on bot sidesby the fingers of the away from the platen to permit the operatorsufficiently resilient to permit the ribbon to be freely carried against the paper by the im act ofthe type and assoon as the type is wiiihdrawn to return the ribbon to itsnormal' position, enabling the operator "to readily observe thewriting.

I do not claim herein the ribbon feeding the same forms the subject matter of a. divisional application filed by. me July 16th, 1901-, SerialNo.'- 68,45 7. I

- By effecting a simultaneous movement of the type carriage and thepaper carriage in opposite directions,- the aper carriage 1s reuired to; travel only ha f the length of the hue, or half the dlstance it would necessarily travel as in the usual t e of machine, in the paper carriage alone. arrangement not only reduces the movement necessary in restor ing' the carriage to 'its'initial position, but keeps the work much more closely under the. eye of the operator. As the two carriages bothmove and are positively connected I- .carriages to their initial position and for the of either hand from the type keys. This is accomplished bithe'lever 107, which is secured to the roc' shaft 108, journaledjin lugs rod 116 passes.

if all the movement occurred,

predetermined point front of the base'of 'the machine. keys bear numbers which corres 0nd to seformed on the type carriage. To the opposite end of the shaft 108 is secured the arm The full 'spool"-w ill thus lie-N109, .carryingthe roller 110, which bears on free to revolve to permit the ribbon to unthe upper surface of the rod 65, the downward movement of which 0 erates the paperfeedin mechanism as h scribe Secured to the lever 107 isthe pin 111, which extends through the frame 32; A

s ring 112 normally holds the lever 107 int e osition shown in Fig. 4. The inner end of t e pin 111 bears against one arm of the bell crank lever 113, the opposite arm of which is pivoted to the forward end ofthe rod 114. The opposite end of therod 114 is pivoted t9 the bel crank lever 21, which carries the pinion 18 and ratchet 20. It is now ereinbefore dea parent that if the lever 107 be pressed to t e left, which canreadily bedone without removing either hand awayfromthe keyboard, the inward movement-of the rod 114 so produced will lift the pinion 18 from the rac I 19, releasing the type carriage,which can be moved-to theleft, the papercarriage being simultaneously moved tothe right,

into position for commencing a new l1ne;'

while at the same time'the downward move- *ment of the rod 65 will, as before described,

operate, the paper-fee'ding mechanis m to turn the platen and-advance the paper the distance of one line. I also provide mechanism by which. the releasing mechanism may be actuated from the left side. of the key board, which consists of a hook 115,

connected with the rod 116 (Fig. 4), the o posi'te end of which is connected with t e I ell.crank'113. A spring 117, surrounding the" rod 116, is heldunder compression between a collar on said rodand the bushing oni Bypulling on the hook i the side of the frame 32, through which the the bell-crank 113 and connectingrod-114 will be moved to release the pinion 18 from engagement with the rack 19 to permit the type and paper carriages to be moved into:

any desired position, and u on releasingthe hook 115 the spring 117 'wii cause carriages.

In tabulated work it is inconvenient to move the carriage 1 along ste "by step bymeans of the 'space bar. unt. the desired the pinion .18 to reengage the rack- 19 and relockthe printing position is reached. To obviate the necessit for this I have devised mechanism by whic the type and paper carriages maybe released and their movement-arrested at any biyone. operation of a single .key..- This mec anism consists of a 'ser1es of numbered, horizontally arranged keys 118 (Figs. 1,8 and'13), mounted at-the lected numbers on the scale of t e machine and .preferably are numbered as shownin These Fig. 8. -Thekeys 118 are yieldingly sup-.186

ported by the springs 119.

erases;

The shanks of the keys 118 extend inwardly to the bar 120,

- which is supported by the pivoted arms 121 type-carriage and its lower end is held against the bar 120 by thespring 123. A

rod 124 is atone end pivotedto the lever 122 and its opposite end is provided with a slot, 10.

which engages with a stud 125 on the lever 126, which is pivoted to the type carriage.

Theslotted upper end of the lever 126 engageswith a stud 127 on the bell crank lever 21, whichcarries the inion 18. An inward ressure on one of t e keys 118 will press 'ack the bar 120, lever 122, rod 124 andlever 126, rocking the bell crank 21, lifting I the pinion 18 out of engagementwith rack 19 and releasing thecarriages. lug 132 is carried by the frame 32 of the type carriage and when any one of the keys 118 is. pressed. inwardly to release the carriages said lugwill, as the type carriage is moved to the right by the-action of thespring' 4, en-

gage with the shank of such. key and arrestv the movement of the; carriage at that point indicated on key pressed. Thus if any one.

of the keys 118 is pressed inwardly the carriages will be stopped at a oint at which the character. to be next struc r will print. opposite the number on the scale which corresponds to the number on the key.

The slot in the end of the arm 124 permits thebell crank 21 to be operatedby the other releasing devices heretofore described without affecting the rod 124, since when the crank iss'o operated the stud 125 will movealongthe-slot without moving the lever124 and lts'connecte'd parts.

T Withthe usual form of typewriter much time. is lost .in erasing and underscoring,

.sixtyjor more distinct operations of the character selected for that purpose being necessaryto erase or underscore a full line.

I have-providedv a device by, which either pperation may be performed by simply holdmg down one key and releasing the carriage.

' consists'of alever 128, operated by a key in the same-manner-as the type levers are 0 erated; but instead of carrying fixed alpha etical or -numeri cal characters, this lever is provided with awheel or disk 129, journale on the endof the typelever to revolvein horizontal plane when in operative position. qOne end of the cylinder is pro- 130 having a smooth the other end with a .the letter x is formed. By de ressin the key -controlling the lever 128 the ower ange a 130 will be brought against theribbon, carrying it into contact with the paper.

It now the carriage be released by operatin the hook 115 a continuous straight line wil be A depending made under the letters on the paper. If instead of underscoring it bedeslred to erase a line or word, the case shift key 47 is oper ated to raise the paper carriage, the key con- 'trolling'the lever 128 is depressed and a continuous row of the characters on the flange 131 will be printed over the line or word to be erased, it being understood of course that when the underscoring or erasing is not to .extend to the end of the line the movement of the carriage is to be stopped at the proper point either by releasing the hook 115 or in certain cases by setting one of the tabulating I keys 118.

I have in the foregoing description of my improvements referred only to the specific form of mechanism illustrated in the drawings and which embodies only the preferred form of machine which I have devised, It is to be understood that my invention is not limited. to that special form of machine, since some of the improvements are capable of use in the ordinary type of machine and many changes and modifications in form and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus shown and described my invention' what I claim as new. and desire to se cure by Letters-Patent is -1. In a typcwriting machine, the combination of a movable aper carriage, and a type carria e connected to move simultaneously with t e paper carriage, the direction of the movement of the type carriage being oppo site to that of the paper carriage and in line with the longitudinal axis of the latter.

2. Ina typewriting machine the combination. of a traveling type carriage, a paper carriage and a spring controlled by the typekeys for imparting movement to said carriages in" opposite directions.

' arranged thatthe movement of one carriage will simultaneously move the other carriage i. in the oppositeiiirection, and a spring controlled by the type keys for imparting move ment: to said carriages. 4. In a typewriting machine the combination of a traveling paper carriage, a traveling carriage which carries the type and type keys, connections between said carriages which the movement of one carriage will be imparted to the other in the opposite direction, a spring for imparting. movement to said carriages and a device controlled by the type keys'for releasing and locking the carriages.

5. In a typewriting machine the combination with the shaft which sup' orts the paper carriage, a pinion upon said s aft, two separate but positively connected ears, connecti'ons between said gears and t e paper feed -lever and means for shifting the position of the paper carriageand throwing said pinion into engagement withone or the other of said gears.

6. tion of the paper fee key, a pinion actuated thereby, two separate gears meshing with said pinion, a pinion.v connected with the platen and arranged-to engage with one or the other of said gears and means for shifting the enga' ement. of said 1n1on from one gear to the ot er as the posltion of the platen is shifted. v

same wit 7. In a typewriting machine the combination of a paper feed key, a pinion actuated thereby, connections between said pinion and theplaten by which the latter is rotated by the rotation of the pinion, a thumb iece rotatably connected with the platen an nor' mally connecting said platen with the paper feed key and means, actuated by the movement of the thumb piece, for disconnecting the platenandthe paper feed key to permit the platen to be rotated in either direction by the thumb piece.

8. In a typewriting machinethe combina- I tion'of a paper feed key, a pinion actuated thereby, two separate gears meshing with said pinion, a pinion connected with. the platen and arranged to engage with one or the other of said gears, means for-shifting the engagement of said pinion from one ,gear to the other as the p'osition of the platen is shifted, a thumb piece rotatably connected with the platen and normally connecting the for releasing-such connection to permit the platen to be rotated in either direction.

9. In a'typewrlting machine. the combination of a traveling paper carriage, a traveling bination of a traveling'type carriage, feed I controlling devices. therefor, a releasing device connected with said feed controlling devices, a er feeding means, and means, controlled f the type carriage, to be released and retu'rne to its initial position and-for eflecting the feedin of the paper.

1'1. n a typewriting machine the combination of a. traveling type carriage, feed controlling-devices therefor, a releasing device carried by s'ald carnage and ponnected with said feed controlhng devices, means for effecting the feed of the paper and connec tions between the latter and said releasing In a typewritin machine the combine the paper feed key and means, actuated by the movement of the thumb iece,

romthe key-board, for causing.

device whereby the type carriage may be I released and returned to its initial position and the feeding of the aper may be efiected without moving. the and away from the key board.

12. In atypewritingmachine the combination of a traveling type carriage, feed controlling devicesv therefor, comprising a rack and pinion and escapement, a releasing device carried by the ty e carriage, com prising a spring pressed ever, connections between the latter and the feed controlling devices, mechanism for rotating the platen to feed the paper and connections between the latter and said lever whereby the actuation of said lever will release the engagement between the rack and pinion and rotate the platen to feed the paper.

13. In a, typewriting machine, the combination of a, laten, printing instrumentalities, a rotatabie shaft upon which the platen is mounted so as to turn therewith, and means actuated bythe type keys for eflecting a letter spacing movement of both the platen on its. s

aft, and said printing instrumentalities.

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a traveling paper carriage and a traveling type carriage, of an underscoring or cancehng device comprising awheel ordisk,

the perimeter of which fprms the im' res'sion surface, a lever upon which said whee or disk is jour'naled, a key mounted'in proximityto the type ke s of the machine,-connections between said eyand said lever, a series of keys correspondingto predetermined positions of the paper carriage, means actuated by such keys for releasing the carriage and means for stopping the carriage in any of such predetermined positions when the corresponding key is actuated. v

15; In a ty ewr'iting machine, the combinationof a p aten, printing instrumentalities, and means for afio'rding letter spaclng movements to both the. platen and printing instrumentalities.

16. In a typewriting machine, the com- 1 bination of a power driven platen, and printing instrumentalities-that. are adapted to be automatically moved in adirection opposite to the feed movementof the platen at each" letter s ace movement thereof.

.17. na t ewriting machine, the com- 4 bination of a p aten thatis movable for letter spaoin rinting,instrumentalitiesthat are movab e orletter s" acing, and 'esoape'mentdevices controlling t e letter spacing movements of the platen and printing instrumen-' talities. e 5 18. In a typewriting machine the combination of a traveling paper carriage and a traveling type carriage movable in opposite directions parallel with the-lplflnting ne 19. Ina typewriting mac 'ne, a traveling paper carriage'and a traveling typeicarriage movable in opposite directions parallehwita v movement of one carriage through the movement of the other.

20. In a typewriting machine, a traveling paper carriage, a traveling type carriage, and means for simultaneously effecting the movement of one carriage through the movement of the other and in'im opposite direction to the latter.

21. In a typewriting machine, a traveling paper carriage, a traveling type carriage,

and a device comprising means for d'ividing,.

between the two carriages, the travel necessary to get from the final cllaractenof one printed line to the initial character of the next .15

line.

HERBERT A. BRIGGS,

Witnesses GEORG A. MORSE,. ANDREW REED. 

